[redfreedom]

I think the Canadians have been on the metric system for decades. A couple months ago we visited up there, everyone we talked to talked in miles, feet, pounds.

I don’t think the metric system took very well up there.

[null and void]

The United States has been officially under the metric system since 1893. All our fundamental units are defined by metric system units.

It hasn’t ‘taken’ very well here either...

[353FMG]

The metric system is already used extensively in the American engineering profession — in fact, more so than the Imperial system.

[Jonty30]

It took off fine up here. Canadians are equally comfortable using both systems. We’ve had it for abou thirty years.

[cripplecreek]

I used to watch Corner Gas. Its a Canadian sit com and the metric system always came up as a running joke on the show.

[Boiler Plate]

The Brits still use “Stone” for weight.

[Rio]

I was also visiting in Canada last month and was amused by their systems of measurement. The thermostat where we stayed was in °C while the oven was °F.

Lumber is regular american 2X4s. And drywall was 4X8 foot sheets. I’m assuming that this means that the studs are spaced in inches.

I got the local newspaper to look up the tide tables and the tide heights were in feet.

[Dr. Sivana]

I think the Canadians have been on the metric system for decades. A couple months ago we visited up there, everyone we talked to talked in miles, feet, pounds.

Yup.

All of the stoves and recipes in Canada are in Fahrenheit, though the thermostats are in Celsius.

The stores are required to sell things by metric weight, and since there is no good approximation for a "pound", fish, for instance is sold by the hundred-gram (about 1/4 pound). The fact that they say 100-gram instead of centigram, have no idea at all what a decimeter is, even though it is the unit closest to a foot, tells me that having the same root with different prefixes is NOT as easy as the metric wonks made it sound.

Heck, they can't even use Megagram for 1000 kilograms (about 2,200 pounds). Instead, they refer to Metric Tonnes, echoing the feel of the Imperial system.

I also noticed at the Edmonton Mall, the clearance sign is still in feet. I guess they don't want anybody hitting the top of the van or SUV.

Oh, and ALL the lumber is STILL in Imperial. The government tried to make it metric, and a whole bunch of home builders half way through their framing got REALLY messed up when 2x4s and 4'x8'plywood disappeared.